Full Stack Software Engineering Manager
Wilson Elser - Business & Legal Professionals · New York, NY
$150,000–$190,000
Jul 1, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role at a large national law firm, overseeing a team of full stack engineers building and maintaining cloud-native web applications, APIs, and enterprise integrations on Microsoft Azure. The position blends hands-on technical leadership — covering front-end, back-end, DevOps, and application security — with people management responsibilities such as hiring, mentoring, sprint planning, and performance reviews. It suits an experienced engineer who has moved into team leadership and is comfortable operating across Agile delivery, CI/CD pipelines, and secure software development practices.
Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $150,000–$190,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 470 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 360–620
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $220,035 (middle half $175,731–$291,850). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
This is a people-management role with explicit direct-report responsibilities (hiring, performance management, career development, sprint planning), making 11-3021 the primary classification. However, the JD places heavy emphasis on hands-on technical depth (architecture reviews, code reviews, CI/CD, IaC), so 15-1252 is a meaningful runner-up.
The job title 'Software Engineering Manager' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The requirements (5+ years development, 2+ years team leadership) support a Senior-band scope.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent experience)', so no hard degree gate is set.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; Wilson Elser's headquarters is in New York, NY, and the firm has 46 offices nationwide. The CBSA is inferred as New York-Newark-Jersey City. If this role is tied to a different office, the metro should be updated.
JavaScript and TypeScript are listed together as a single front-end requirement; both are emitted as separate skills since they are distinct technologies used alongside each other, but each also lists the other as an alternative to reflect the 'or' framing in the JD.
Snyk is listed explicitly as an example under 'shift left code security practices — a big plus', placing it in the preferred category. SonarQube (listed as 'Sonar, etc.') is similarly a big plus.
Docker and Kubernetes appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
Agile/Scrum appears in both the required qualifications narrative and preferred qualifications; it is retained as preferred since it is a methodology rather than a named tool, and the required-section mention is framed as 'experience working in' rather than a hard gate.
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